Comedian

As a disabled comedian, often my hecklers are also disabled.

I live in London. But during lockdown I moved back to Yorkshire with my mum and dad.

I love telly so much and I come from a telly background, I used to work in production.

I spent lockdown back in Yorkshire with my parents, which was... tricky! But it did remind me how beautiful my hometown of Bridlington is, with its beautiful beaches, wildlife, and lovely locals.

Without a doubt, my life has been better because of the Disability Act.

My walk. Let's clarify this: you're not allowed to laugh at my walk but I am. Most times I am in control of my leggies, but occasionally they have a mind of their own, and the little flicks can be very funny.

Every movement ignores disabled people. So, during MeToo no one was talking about the experience of disabled women; during BLM the notion of black disabled people was just ignored and so in terms of comparison we need to have this movement for disabled people.

I think that the way forward now is more schemes and much more disabled people on TV: in sitcoms, in soaps. A disabled person reading the news would be the dream.

I've tried to apply for jobs and I've been hung up on because of how I speak.

If I want to do something badly enough, I'll make it work, disability or no disability.

I feel like the luckiest person in comedy.

I grew up in a little seaside town that I thought was absolutely rubbish and I couldn't wait to leave.

There was nobody I could follow and look up to so I decided to be that person, to be the leader. If we were in the media more, it would make disabled people's lives much easier.

It's easy to think, 'Oh I could be able-bodied,' but throughout my life I always thought, 'Yeah but I could also be even more disabled.'

I try to make sure that my disability never stops me from doing what I want to do.

Because of how I walk and I talk, I get abuse on a daily basis.

I hope disabled people can see me on TV and think: if she can do it, I can do it.

I think as creatures we're incredibly sociable, and I do think comedy brings us all together.

I'm not that powerful but it's great that I'm allowed to do my job and talk about my life as a disabled person and hopefully sometimes people will laugh at that - sometimes they learn from that and if I do my job really well they laugh and they learn.

It's in the British nature to go 'Where I live is rubbish, I hate it so much.'